The Texas Constitution has been amended 390 times since its adoption in 1876, and Texas voters on Election Day 2001 will have an opportunity to change it 19 more times. A tax break for coffee beans ...
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, granting women the right to vote. First introduced in Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment was not easily ...
Aug. 26 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1920, eight days after it was ratified, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect -- giving women the right to vote. In 1964, Democrats ...
In high school, I had reading phases spanning myriad genres, ranging from an intense interest in wild fantasy sagas to a soft spot for memoirs and especially a strange fixation for historical fiction ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Misty Heggeness highlighted the significance of Harry Burn as it relates to the 19th Amendment. Author Misty Heggeness highlighted the ...
Aug. 18 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1227, Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire stretching from the east coast of China west to the Aral Sea, died in camp during a campaign ...
User-Created Clip by 17025477777 June 5, 2019 2019-06-04T10:00:04-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/da6/20190604110622002_hd.jpg 'Greeting Members of the U.S ...
It was ratified by the states on August 18, 1920. Our Constitution was ratified in 1789. Women had no federal constitutional right to vote. A few states periodically gave women states’ voting rights, ...
The nationwide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment reminds us of an old, familiar lesson about American politics. The achievement of voting rights requires ...
In 1920, after four decades of organizing to secure the vote for women, President Woodrow Wilson signed the 19th Amendment. But 100 years after the amendment was officially certified in the Federal ...
On the evening of Saturday, August 24 Broadway’s two-time Tony Award winning musical Suffs celebrated the 104th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with a special post-show “roll ...